March 26, 2008
The Big Thaw (continues)
From National Geographic (and nearly every other news source) via the Associated Press:
Satellite images show the runaway disintegration of a 160-square-mile chunk in western Antarctica, which started February 28.
You can see the photos & video footage at the British Antarctic Survey site and this Nat. Geographic page.
Perhaps not as momentous as the breakup of Larsen B, but still unsettling.
(Which reminds me... if British Sea Power's song about Larsen B is not in your collection, it should be. As love songs / laments about ice shelves go, it's the tops.)
26 Mar 17:09 | Link | Category: Current Events, Science